The 2026 season is in the foreground, rapidly approaching. That means our coverage here at The Good Phight is also going to ramp up. We’re excited for the season ahead, ready to bring you more of the news, analysis and opinion writing that you’ve come to know. We’re also looking to expand to our staff of writers as well. While we have a substantial stable of excellent writers, we’re hoping to add one more person to the group to help provide more content.
What we’re looking for?
The new writer will be expected to complete at least 2-3 articles per week, depending on your agreed contract. The focus that we are looking to add is specific: we’re looking to expand our prospect coverage. Weekly reports, specific player profiles, deeper dives into all parts of the team’s player development system – this is what we are looking to add. While doing other articles about the major league team would always be welcome, the main focus of this position is expected to be on the Phillies’ minor league system, so priority will be given to those who are able to do so critically, analytically and fairly.
What else does the position entail?
There might also be occasions when we ask you to help with daily links (Rise and Phight), gamethreads and game recaps. It would all depend on what is needed and when.
Any writer who is accepted should:
- Be knowledgeable about the Phillies and will follow the Phillies closely.
- Follow Phillies media closely.
- Be able to concisely summarize text.
- Be well-versed in analytics and know how to use them to enhance articles.
- Be able to comment on text in an engaging manner.
- Be able to communicate regularly with the TGP team via Slack.
- Be a self-starter who can work with minimal direction.
- Possess solid communication skills.
- Be comfortable working in a virtual environment.
Is this position paid?
Yes! This is a stipend position, the amount of which is dependent on the agreed on number of writing pieces you would be expected to produce.
How to apply
Please fill out this form. We are a data focused site that uses Baseball Prospectus, Baseball Reference, Fangraphs, Baseball Savant, etc. to inform our ideas, so familiarity with those sites and content is a plus, but not necessarily a requirement.
In order to be considered, part of the above form will be submitting a writing sample as either a Google Doc or a PDF file. If you do not have any writing samples, you can submit something based on one of these two topics:
Topic 1: The Phillies’ player development system seems to be ranked anywhere in the mid- to low-teens in terms of national system rankings. In 500-700 words, where might that direction head after the 2026 season based on the state of the current system? Which players are crucial to help the team maintain their current position? Where does the team need to improve at to fare better in these rankings?
Topic 2: In fewer than 400 words, give a player profile of any minor league player in the team’s current system that is not one of Justin Crawford, Andrew Painter or Aidan Miller.
Please note: the application process will be closed on February 28, 2026 at 12:00 pm. From that point, we will be reviewing all applications and writing samples over the next few weeks. We will respond back to you in a timely manner. If you have any questions about the application process, feel free to contact me directly.